Lilium

What is being done to push the boundaries around low carbon transport? Venture capital firm, Atomico, believes that exceptional entrepreneurs, empowered by technology, are best placed to solve some of humanity’s most entrenched and seemingly intractable problems.

And Lilium, a company Atomico supported in its early stages and still hold a 13% stake in post-IPO, could address not one, but many of these issues with their Lilium Jet – the world’s first fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) commuter jet and regional mobility service.
 

Re-imagining what’s possible for low carbon transport

Designed to be a zero emissions ‘air taxi’, the Lilium Jet could counter much more than just the high levels of pollution traditionally generated by air travel…

Gridlocked cities with public transportation systems groaning under demand they cannot expand quickly enough to serve would get space to breathe and evolve and the pollution choking towns and city centres would fade.

Travelling at 5x the speed of the average car, the Lilium Jet could slash lengthy daily commutes, increasing relaxation and family time. Parts of the world with poor quality road and transport infrastructure may suddenly be better connected, too.

The Lilium Jet could even address a lack of affordable housing; a range of up to 300km will bring swathes of underdeveloped land to within commuting distance of major cities, thereby increasing supply. It’s time to start pushing the boundaries, and that’s exactly what Atomico and Lilium are doing.